I’m being lazy and doing two topics here but they are related
Been having a great time playing in my band and we are getting closer to finally performing live. I joined the band out of the need to play music with others, and it being “punk” I automatically grabbed a pick.
I’ve always been more of a finger-orientated on bass as most of my heroes and music used finger plucking.
I’m finding now that I want to try and use this with my band but the speed isn’t there. Wondering if anyone has any resources to help here?
I’m a big fan of Mastodon and Troy Sanders said he just learned the first 3 Metallica albums to learn how to play bass lol (Cliff you monster!)
As for the second part of the post title: do you change anything about your gear to compensate for finger attack since it tends to be more “thumpy” compared to pick playing?
The easiest path is to learn it slow then speed it up. On a fast moving song with lots of notes, when you get back up to original speed don’t stop there go pass it, practice it even faster up to 10 to even 20% faster, it will be a shock to your system I know but once you back down to original speed, it would feel like bullet time.
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you can dial up your tone or favor more bridge pickup. It would be nice if you also have longer nails.
My nails aren’t long at all but they are so hard it sounds like part of the drum kit when the treble is up. I think I’m going to work way harder on pick skills.
